“And he had a son, whose name was Saul, a choice young man, and a goodly: and there was not among the children of Israel a goodlier person than he: from his shoulders and upward he was higher than any of the people.”
1 Samuel 9:2 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · 1 Samuel 9:218 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/ל/וֹwəlwō
conj
הָיָ֨הhāyāh
he belongedverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
בֵ֜ןbēn
a sonnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
וּ/שְׁמ֤/וֹwšəmwō
and name hisconjH8034
base · named · renown · report
שָׁאוּל֙šāʾwl
was SaulnounH7586
Shaul
בָּח֣וּרbāḥwr
a young mannounH970
chosen · hole
וָ/ט֔וֹבwāṭwōb
and goodconjH2896
best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···
וְ/אֵ֥יןwəʾēyn
and notconjH369
except · fail · less · be gone ···
אִ֛ישׁʾiyš
a mannounH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
מִ/בְּנֵ֥יmibənēy
from the people ofpronH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לyiśərāʾēl
IsraelnounH3478
ט֣וֹבṭwōb
was goodadjH2896
best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···
מִמֶּ֑/נּוּmimenw
more than himpronH4480
after · among · at · because of ···
מִ/שִּׁכְמ֣/וֹmišikəmwō
from shoulder hispronH7926
consent · portion · shoulder
וָ/מַ֔עְלָ/הwāmaʿəlāh
and up -wardsconjH4605
exceeding · forward · on high · over ···
גָּבֹ֖הַּgābōha
he was talladjH1364
height · high · lofty · proud ···
מִ/כָּלmikāl
more than allpronH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
הָ/עָֽםhāʿām
the peopleparticleH5971
men · nation · people
ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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